Two things

[summercomfort]

1) The part from West Wing season 4 that ran through my head many times yesterday..
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.
BARTLET
Thank you very much. Thank you. "Joy cometh in the morning," scripture tells us. I hope so. I don't
know if life would be worth living if it didn't. And I don't yet know who set off the bomb at Kennison
State. I don't know if it's one person or ten, and I don't know what they want. All I know for sure,
all I know for certain, is that they weren't born wanting to do this. There's evil in the world. There'll
always be, and we can't do anything about that. But there's violence in our schools, too much mayhem in
our culture and we can do something about that. There's not enough character, discipline, and depth in
our classrooms. There aren't enough teachers in our classrooms. [applause] There isn't nearly enough,
not nearly enough, not nearly enough money in our classrooms, and we can do something about that. We're
not doing nearly enough, not nearly enough to teach our children well. And we can do better, and we must
do better, and we will do better. And we will start this moment today! They weren't born wanting to do this.

2) (slightly modified) meme stolen from kitsuchan )
Comment and I will ...
1 - Tell you why I friended you. You are a friend. Duh
2 - Associate you with a color
3 - Tell you something I like about you.
4 - Tell you a memory I have of you.
5 - Associate you with a character from something. You are you. Jeez
6 - Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
7 - Tell you my favorite user pic of yours. Sorry, but I couldn't care less.
8 - In return, you must post this in your LJ if you feel like it. You are forbidden from doing so if you'd rather not.